2020 | Carlos Andrés Gómez

The 1st print run of “Fractures” is SOLD OUT!!

Tomorrow marks 1 month since “Fractures” was released. Last night, I got word from my publisher that the first print run of my book is SOLD OUT.

The second printing is underway, and there are a few copies you can still find on Bookshop, IndieBound, Amazon.com, & Barnes & Noble, but I wanted to say thank you to every single one of you who has supported this book.

Listen, with barely any press coverage and no reviews in any journals or publications (yet), this is entirely the doing of those of you who have supported me for so long: high school teachers who are teaching the book, professors who’ve integrated it into their curriculum or their MFA craft lecture, those who’ve packed my shows for years and waited in line to say hi at the end of the night, each of you who’ve reviewed the book on Goodreads, my heroes/beloveds/family who’ve gifted “Fractures” and championed it to their friends and colleagues.

This has been truly grassroots, word-of-mouth, indie as all everything.

The world is fraught and terrifying right now for so many reasons, but I’m welcoming in this little glimpse of light. You make me possible.

#LatinxPoetry

#TeachLivingPoets

“Fractures” is out TODAY.

Today is the official release date of FRACTURES!

Here are 5 FREE ways to support the book:

Join me this Saturday (Oct. 17th) at 5pm EST for the Book Launch Celebration! (Featuring Matthew Olzmann, Andrea Gibson, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Caroline Rothstein, Adam Falkner, & Aaron Samuels. Hosted by Felice Belle)

The event is completely FREE to attend, you’ll just need to register: https://bit.ly/33RDnWy

Write a review on Goodreads (https://bit.ly/34Mfj6S) & then copy and paste the same review into Amazon (https://amzn.to/3lGlW1g).
Request FRACTURES at your local, high school, & university libraries, favorite bookstore, and/or recommend it to your Book Club or Reading Group.
Share a photo of the book, if you’ve gotten your copy (or use the below photo), on social media.
Teachers: Integrate FRACTURES into your curriculum or include it in your next poetry unit. #TeachLivingPoets

If you’ve yet to get your copy of the book, you can get it here: https://bit.ly/34REIMr

It would mean everything to me to see you & celebrate this Saturday.

With love & gratitude,

Carlos

Just visited my 1,000th college or university on tour.

When I did my 1st college show on April 8th, 2001 at Bates College, I never could have imagined that I’d one day be a full-time poet visiting my 1,000th college or university on tour for a show at Tennessee Wesleyan University on October 6th, 2020 (mid-pandemic, masked up and socially-distanced, no less).

Still taking the leap toward this life, still grateful, still growing, still pushing.

#CarlosOnTour

Cover reveal for my debut full-length collection, “Fractures”!

21 yrs. in the making, 5 yrs. of writing—the cover of my debut full-length poetry collection, “Fractures”
(stunning cover design by Debbie Berne).

After first taking in the breathtaking cover image, I immediately noticed my name. My initial impression: “Damn, that’s a big choice on the font size.”

But then, I thought back to how I felt in school: a delayed reader and outcast, alienated and intimidated not just by the dominant canonical writers solely taught at my public school, but by literacy in general.

I never imagined encountering a book by an author with a name like mine, with two accent marks and in bold, unapologetic lettering.

For anyone out there who didn’t think someone like them could write a book or help shape the literary canon—this book is for you.

For more info & to Pre-Order: https://bit.ly/2EyOHwR or through Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, Bookshop, Amazon

#CoverReveal
#LatinxPoetry
#FracturesBookTour

“Hijito” is the winner of the 2020 International Book Award for Poetry!!!

I don’t take a single gesture of positivity that lifts up this book for granted. I’m still trying to wrap my head around it (particularly seeing who was named the winner in the category below mine)—Hijito is the winner of the 2020 International Book Award for Poetry!!!

In the years I spent writing and revising this book, I never imagined something like this.

The full Award Announcement can be found HERE.

Forever grateful to everyone at Platypus Press for believing in this book.

#HijitoBookTour
#LatinxPoetry